Eickstedt (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Eickstedt

Eickstedt is the name of an old Pomeranian noble family , which proved to be descended related to the Altmark Eichstedt and the Thuringian Vitzthum of Eckstedt understand in Mecklenburg and Prussia came to some renown. Branches of the family persist to the present day.

history

Rothenklempenow Castle, former ancestral seat of the family

In 1129, Conradus de Ekstedte († 1130), legacy of the later Emperor Lothar von Supplinburg and grandson of Adelheid , daughter of Esico von Ballenstedt , was the first document to mention the family's hereditary name. The filiation-like connection to the Hinricus de Ekstede et fratres sui et Tidericus mentioned in 1163 is not certain. Contacts between Eickstedt , who immigrated from Altmark to Uckermark or to Pomerania in the second half of the 13th century, are proven as early as 1187, when Hinricus de Ekstedte and his brother were named as witnesses when the St. Jacobi Church was built in Stettin . In 1280, the Eickstedt were first mentioned in a document in Hohenholz near Penkun and around 1309 at Rothenklempenow Castle . With the knight Friedrich von Eickstedt († 1309) mentioned in a document in 1296 , the secured family line begins . Since the 14th century, the Eickstedts were counted among the castle-sitting families of Pomerania and from 1357 held the office of treasurer in the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin .

Expansion and possession of goods

Tantow Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

The Eickstedt had their development focus with very extensive property holdings, for centuries especially in Western Pomerania and in the Uckermark, but the family was also able to settle in the Mittelmark and Neumark at times . As early as the 18th century, all flowering branches could be traced back to the Pomeranian ancestral estate Rothenklempenow, individual lines were named after their estates Hohenholz, Koblentz and Damitzow , west of Stettin . Also in the 18th century, the family owned Kützkow near Magdeburg , later also briefly the Prussian estates of Klein Bandtken, Louisenhof and Rosainen near Marienwerder . In 1793 the Eickstedt came to Silesia , where they u. a. owned the goods Grzegorzowitz , Kornitz, Silberkopf and Slawikau near Ratibor , Kottwitz near Glogau and Rudoltowitz and Summin near Pless . In Mecklenburg the Eickstedt came into the von Peterswaldt legacy and briefly owned the Pritzier and Quassel estates in the 18th century .

Status surveys

Former mausoleum of the von Eickstedt family, since 1897 Koblentz village church

Friedrich Wilhelm von Eickstedt (1703–1772), universal heir of his maternal uncle Karl Friedrich von Peterswaldt († 1753), was raised to the Prussian count status on January 28, 1753 together with his nephew August Ludwig Maximilian von Eickstedt († 1814) . This happened under the name and coat of arms association with those of Peterswaldt , who left with the above erbonkel. This older, count's branch could not continue in the male line and found its way out in 1814 with the last named branch. As heir to the count's goods, the General Landschaftsrat Carl Ludwig Friedrich von Eickstedt (1780–1862) received permission on June 16, 1816 to combine names and coats of arms with the expired von Peterswaldt . On October 15, 1840 he was raised to the Prussian count status. According to the law of the firstborn from a noble marriage, the title was linked to the property of Rothenklempenow. The younger count's branch died out with the vivacity of Ernst von Eickstedt-Peterswaldt († 1977).

On August 6, with a diploma from December 19, 1883, the multiple landowner and Vorpommersche Erbkämmerer Hugo Julius von Eickstedt (1832-1897) was raised to the Prussian baron status, tied to the property of Fideikommiss Giraltowitz and Groß Muritsch . Of his two sons, the younger baron Hugo Eugen von Eickstedt (* 1873) survived the father and was a Prussian second lieutenant in the 1st Badische Leib-Dragoons Regiment No. 20 .

On December 3, 1883 with a diploma from May 6, 1884, the Prussian Premier Lieutenant a. D. , District Deputy and Vorpommersche Hereditary Chamberlain Friedrich Wilhelm von Eickstedt (1828-1891) raised to the Prussian baron status, bound by the law of the firstborn from noble marriage to the property of the Fideikommiss Silberkopf and Waissack. His only son, the Prussian Second Lieutenant Freiherr Friedrich Wilhelm Siegbart von Eickstedt (1856–1887), already decided on this branch.

On April 8, with a diploma from June 23, 1885, Ernst Friedrich Karl Rudolf von Eickstedt (* 1851; † after 1896) was raised to the Prussian baron status, bound by the law of the firstborn from a noble marriage to the property at Fideikommiss Slawikau. His son Baron Guido Karl Ferdinand Ernst von Eickstedt (* 1877) continued the branch.

On July 6th with a diploma of October 26th, 1887 the Prussian major a. D. Vivellence Joachim Valentin von Eickstedt (* 1834; † after 1896) raised to the Prussian baron status, bound to the property of Fideikommiss Tantow and Radekow according to the law of the firstborn from a noble marriage . Although he had entered into the state of marriage twice, he died without leaving any children.

coat of arms

United coat of arms of the barons: family coat of arms and chamberlain rank (golden key on a blue background)

The family coat of arms shows two black bars in gold, the upper one with two and the lower one with a golden rose. A natural oak stump with green leaves and acorns stands on the helmet with its black and gold cover , on which sits a green parakeet with a gold collar and a gold ring in its beak.

The Count's coat of arms (1753; 1840) was quartered , with a heart shield showing the family coat of arms. 1 and 4 a silver bar in red, which is covered with a black boar's head with silver tusks ( Peterswaldt ); 2 and 3 in blue a golden key placed vertically with the beard pointing upwards ( hereditary chamber of commerce ). Three helmets: on the right one with red and silver blankets a silver and a red buffalo horn ( Peterswaldt ); on the middle the helmet of the family coat of arms; on the left, with a red and gold cover, the key in front of three natural peacock feathers ( hereditary chamber of commerce ). Coat of arms holder : two golden lions .

Known family members

Tomb of the Counts of Eickstedt zu Koblentz

literature

Web links

Commons : Eickstedt family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ v. Ludwig: Reliquiae manuscript. Diploma. 5, p. 244.